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Patented .Iuly 22, i902.

W. FULLER.

GATE. (Applicacion'med Nov. as, 1901.)

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UNITED STATES PATENT QFFICE.'

WILLIAM FULLER, or IIWVIL'L, INDIANA.

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Application filed November 25, 1901. Serial No. 83,626. (No model.)

To all whom itmay concern:

Be it known that I, WILLIAM FULLER, a subject of the King of Great Britain, residing at Newville, in the county of Dekalb and State V'of Indiana, have invented anew and useful Gate', of which the following is a specification.

This inventionrelates to gates.

The object of the invention is to provide a gate which 'shall be capable of ready vertical adjustment and held balanced in any desiredP plane for easy swinging movement and in Which the number offparts employedin its construction shall be of such simple character and so assembled Vand operated as to reduce danger of damage or breakage in"use to a minimum.

With these and other objects in view, as will appear'as the nature of the invention is better unde-rstood, the same consists in the novel construction and combination of parts of agate, as will be hereinafter fully described and claimed. In the accompanying drawings, forming a part of this specication, and in which like numerals of reference indicate corresponding parts, there are illustrated two forms of embodiment of the invention capable of carrying the same into practical operation, it being understood'that the elements therein exhibited may be varied or changed as to shape, proportion, and exact manner ofas'semblage Without departing .from the scope of the invention, and in these drawings- Figure l is a-view in side elevation of the gate characterized by this invention, the lowered dropped position being shown in full lines and the raised position Ain dotted lines. Fig. 2 is a view in plan of the.`sheavebearing head. Fig. 3 is a view similar to' Fig. 2,"partly in section, showing a modified form offencepost. Fig. 4. is a fragmentary detail view in section, showing the detachable gate-support to be associatedwith an ordinary post.

Referring to the drawings,'and particularlyto Figs. 1 and 2 thereof, 1 designates vgenerallya gate, which may be constructed in any preferred man ner and provided Awith a latch 2, normally projected by a leafjspring 3, theA end post 4,.with,whic'h the latch coacts, being provided in this instance with two recesses 5 to be engaged by the latch to hold the gate locked in two positions, as shown, it being understood that, if desired, additional recesses may be employed for holding the gate at intermediate adjustments, and as this will be perfectly obvious detailed illustration is deemed unnecessary.

The mechanism for'holdiug the gate balanced in elevated position comprises a pivoted bail or yoke 6, the lower ends of which straddlerk the gate and are shown as secured adjacent to the bottom of the center panelpost '7 of the gate, a swiveled'sheave-bearing head 8 and a weight-bearing liexible connection 9 passing around the sheaves and connected at one end to the bail. The head 8 is composed of two arms or plates 10, in this instance arched, between which are pivoted the sheaves 11, 12, and 13, the arms being connected by a base-plate 14, having a swiveled connection formovementinahorizontalplane on ya post 15, the lower end of which is sunk in the ground to the desired depth, and its intermediate portion is braced by eyebolts 16, Ysecured to the post in any suitable manner 'and to the end post17 of the fence-section adjacent to the gate, the gate being held assembled with the post 15 in this instance by straphinges 18, although any other preferred form of binge maybe employed that will be found to answer the same purpose. The post 15 is herein shown as an iron rod or bar having a head 19, which is engaged by a pin 20, passing through the base-plate 14 of the head; but it is to be understood that, if preferred, a wooden post may be employed in'lieu of one made of metal. The flexible connecticut), whichdn this instance is al rope, although it maybe a chain,` carries at its free end a weight or counterpoise' 21, which, together with the frictional resistance presented by the arrangement of the'iiexible connection 9 about the sheaves, will exactly balance the gate, so that to raise or lower the same will require but the output of a slight amount of energy, or, otherwise stated, the coactive relation between the friction devices and the ieXible connection is such that with a counterpoise of less weight than the gate the latter may be held at any desired adjustment. .The manner in which the rope is associated with the sheaves is as follows: Beginning with the yoke the rope is passed over the sheave l1, thence under and once aroundthe'sheave 12 in the direction of the arrow, (shown in Fig. 1,) and thence over and twice around the 'sheave 13 in the direction of the arrow, and

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by this disposition of the rope with relation to the sheaves an effective frictional lock is presented which, together with the weight of the counterpoise, will operate to hold the gate poised as desired.

The form of gate shown in Fig. 3 is the same as that shown in Fig. 1, and the head 14: is constructed in the same manner as that shown in the embodiment of the invention already described, the only difference being that instead of associating the head 14 with the post by the use of the pin 20 the plate 14E of the head is provided with an orificed boss 21a, into which projects the upper end of the head-support 22, the same being preferably constructed of tubular metal, the lower end of which is threaded into a capplate 23, rigidly secured on the top of a post 24, sunk in the ground adjacent to the gate. As before stated, in the form of embodiment of the invention shown in Fig. 3 there is a difference in the construction of the gatepost, or, rather, the gatesupporting post, the same being composed wholly of metal and associated with the post 2l in such manner as that should the latter post rot away or become otherwise unfit for use the gate-supporting post proper may readily be disconnected therefrom and reassociated with a new post 24. The gate-supporting post comprises a bar 25 of metal, which may be either tubular or solid, the lower end of which is sunk in the ground and is held associated with the post 24 by a strap 26, the latter serving also as a stop upon which the lower hinge 18 of the gate rests, thereby to limit its downward movement, the upper hinge embracing the bar 25 in such manner as to be readily slidable thereon. The upper end of the bar 25 projects through an orificed projection 27, constituting a portion of the capplate 23, and is held asssmbled therewith by a nut 2S, turned on its upper end. The capplate may be of a size to cover the upper end of the post, and thus protect it from the elements, and is held assembled therewith by screws or bolts 29, the plate being provided with a downward-extending rear portion 30, bearing against the post and operating to prevent any tendency on the part of the head-support 22 to be sprung from a vertical line by the weight of the gate.

It will be seen from the foregoing description that while the gate-hanger of this invention is exceedingly simple of construction it will be thoroughly efcient in use and that the device as a whole may be combined with an ordinary gate at but slight cost and without requiring a particular construction of gate or supporting-post therefor.

Having thus fully described my invention, what I claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is

1. The combination with a vertically-movable gate, aud a post arranged adjacent thereto and supporting a head bearing friction devices, of a weight-bearing flexible connection associated with the gate and engaging the said devices in reversely-disposed loops the coactive relation between the friction devices and the flexible connection being such that with a couuterpoise of less weight than the gate, the latter may be held at any desired vertical adjustment.

2. The combination with a vertically-adjustable gate, and a post arranged adjacent thereto and supporting a horizontally-movable head bearing a plurality of rotatable friction devices, of a weight-bearing flexible connection associated with the gate and engaging by reversely-disposed loops with the said devices.

3. The combination with a gate, and a post arranged adjacent thereto and supporting a horizontally-movable head bearing a plurality of rotatable friction devices, of a bail pivotally connected to the gate, and a weight-bearing flexible connection associated with the bail and engaging by reversely-disposed loops with the said devices.

4. The combination with a gate, and a post arranged adjacent thereto and supporting a head bearing a plurality of sheaves, of a bail pivotally connected to the gate, and a Weightbearing flexible connection secured to the bail and passed in reversely-disposed loops around the sheaves.

5. The combination with a gate, and a post arranged adjacent thereto and supporting a swiveled head bearing a plurality of sheaves, of a bail pivotally connected to the lower portion of the gate near the center thereof, and a weight-bearing flexible connection secured to the bail and passed in revcrsely-disposed loops around the sheaves.

6. The combination with a gate, of a post, a head carried by the upper portion thereof and adapted for movement in a horizontal plane about a vertical axis, a plurality of sheaves carried by the head, a pivoted bail carried by the gate, and a weight-bearing flexible connection secured to the bail and passed in reversely-disposed loops around the sheaves.

7. The combination with a post, of a capplate supporting an upright, a head carried by the upper portion of the upright and movable thereon in a horizontal plane, said head bearing a plurality of rotatable friction devices, a gate-support disposed in parallel relation to the post and rigidly secured to the cap-plate, a gate mounted for sliding movement on the said support, a pivoted bail carried by the gate, and a weight-bearing flexible connection secured to the bail and passed in reversely-disposed loops around the friction devices.

In testimony that I claim the foregoing as my own I have hereto affixed my signature in the presence of two Witnesses.

WILLIAM FULLER.

NVitnesses:

AMos C. FELT., W. I. KISER.

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